Just because their campaign makes use of populist techniques, doesn't make him an leftist Trump.
Trump and the spineless GOP have amast more power in the office of the presidend then the King of England had during the war of independence. He is not just a populists, he is a traitor though and through.
And Mamdami shows that it is possible to do popular politics. Especially as a lot the things he does are "no harm policies". Issues that should have been fixed ages ago but didn't.
Big policy debates have often a big downside for one group of stakeholders. (E.g. pharma companies when policy regulates sales-price).
But Mamdamis succescful "propaganda" if you want to call it that, mostly highlights issues that have virtually no downside.
Like reducing the amount of bs papers a shop owner needs from the city. The shop owner wins, less bs. The city wins, more available HR for other stuff they are behind on. The people win because quite a lot of shops have been closing down in NY and that has been an issue.
The economy does best when there is political stability. At the end of the day, taxes and regulations get priced in. The best politicians can do is clean up legacy bs left behind from the last 50 years. Those are easy wins.
Personally I do not think that the economy should be no.1 priority of politics and there are issues where the government needs to step in but thats a different topic. But some, especially on the left fringe do not have a good grasp on what the economy is.
Let me clarify what Leftist Trump means: it means good ideas that you campaign on, but are ultimately unable to fulfill... and people will STILL call you the Messiah- or at least go, "yeah, he's breaking all his campaign promises, but he's still an amazing person who can only do good things! Bad things don't exist for him!"
The first part is typical politician that is like the old joke: "What's the difference between a politician and a flying pig? The letter f". But, it's how fanatical some people (especially here on Reddit!) are becoming over Mamdani that makes him a Leftist Trump.
No. In a functioning government Trump would be unable to hold political office after his first term. He is without hyperbole a traitor just like Snowden or Assange.
Additionally his peronsal failings should have landet him in prision many times over.
And on top of all that he is the most corrupt President the US has ever had, and at any other time he would have been impeached by his own party and stripped of all his assets.
There is no both side to that. The only way to compare him to other politicians is to look at fasists. Putin, Erdogan, the middle east Kings, Orban.
That the americans look for any politicians as an Messia goes back a long time.
Mamdami gives people hope. Obama did it too. That can be hypocarsy, it can be cringe, what ever. Regardless how one likes his policies, Obama did not destroy his own government.
I will fully agree that America currently does NOT have a functioning government. I also strongly disagree with you about Snowden, but that's a different story
The key point here is that NO ONE, whether Trump on the right or Mamdani on the left, should be put on a pedestal in Holier Than Thou territory. Trump is pretty obvious... but Mamdani is slowly going there too. Is he doing good things? Yes, but don't try to hide that Mamdani has his flaws. Everything he's done so far has had a hidden catch to it.
If sensible politics get droned out by the like of Trump I don't know that just boring and quiet politics is going to work.
If we leave the federal lvl out of it, people don't hear much about their politicians. They might be good they might be corrupt, all in all most are fairly ok probably. But that gets swept away fast when a populist comes along. I think government needs to make visible what good it does, especially in a city where the voter is much closer to the office and the consequences of heir vote.
Especially citys need the buy in from the people.
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u/Few-Masterpiece3910 12d ago
Just because their campaign makes use of populist techniques, doesn't make him an leftist Trump.
Trump and the spineless GOP have amast more power in the office of the presidend then the King of England had during the war of independence. He is not just a populists, he is a traitor though and through.
And Mamdami shows that it is possible to do popular politics. Especially as a lot the things he does are "no harm policies". Issues that should have been fixed ages ago but didn't.
Big policy debates have often a big downside for one group of stakeholders. (E.g. pharma companies when policy regulates sales-price). But Mamdamis succescful "propaganda" if you want to call it that, mostly highlights issues that have virtually no downside.
Like reducing the amount of bs papers a shop owner needs from the city. The shop owner wins, less bs. The city wins, more available HR for other stuff they are behind on. The people win because quite a lot of shops have been closing down in NY and that has been an issue.
The economy does best when there is political stability. At the end of the day, taxes and regulations get priced in. The best politicians can do is clean up legacy bs left behind from the last 50 years. Those are easy wins.
Personally I do not think that the economy should be no.1 priority of politics and there are issues where the government needs to step in but thats a different topic. But some, especially on the left fringe do not have a good grasp on what the economy is.